So I finally got Hot Pursuit(Wii) yesterday. Usually when I get a new game, I'm dancing around the house, giddy like I'd just sniffed a new pack of markers. This time, I wasn't.

My innate ability of having excellent foresight didn't prevent me from wasting another Grant(not to be confused with a Benjamin) on another horrible game from EA. I thought I'd take a little break from saving up for a new Epiphone p93 riviera. NEVER AGAIN. Ok, now to the point.

EA doesn't take the Wii seriously. Whether it's Madden or Need for Speed, they always dumb it down, screw it up, and ship it out. When I went on Amazon to preorder it, I knew I was in trouble when the little description mentioned nothing about the new Autolog feature, the sprawling free roam world(allegedly the biggest ever in a racing game), or the first-ever opportunity to play an entire career mode as a cop, something I'd been looking forward to very much. What does that leave? A repetitive career mode as a racer, lackluster graphics, mediocre multiplayer, sans online, and a decal creating feature that doesn't work at all. Yes, even I can't figure out how it works. Ah, as I typed this I figured it out. I have to use the pointer, which is another feature sadly underutilized.

This game is even worse than the Wii version of Prostreet. That game actually had decent graphics and a great customization sytsem reminiscent me of the old Underground games. I loved Prostreet even though it got horrible ratings. That must mean this game is absolutely pathetic. Don't buy it.

Please, send letters, emails, or whatever else to the bigwigs at EA. And while you're at it, could you tell me how to do it? I would LOVE the opportunity to freak out at EA.

I hope I'm not the only one excited for the 3ds, because if I am, then that's really depressing(and bad for my Nintendo stock). Throughout the years, Nintendo has had a lot of firsts. Let's talk controllers. Nintendo's controllers have been as innovative as their systems.They had the first control pad(NES), first shoulder buttons(SNES), first rumble feature, first trigger, first analog stick(N64), first infrared pointer, first motion control, and first speaker ON THE CONTROLLER!!!!(Wii). That's right, i just read that all off my 250th issue of Nintendo Power.

Their handhelds have been revolutionary too. They had the very first handheld games(Game and Watch), then there was the Game Boy. And then the Game Boy Color. Other variations have come and gone, one time I mistook a Game Boy Micro for a fun size Hershey Bar, but the GB had a very long and illustrious lifespan that was ended only by something better. The DS. Packing two screens, a touch screen, a microphone, WiFi compatibility, backwards compatibility with GB games, and wireless multiplayer all into one. At the time of it's release, it was a state of the art masterpiece.

Of course, it had it's downsides, too. The amount of battery life it had was relatively average. The stylus always would get lost(I've lost one stylus the five years I've had my DS. HA.). The graphics were, in a word, horrible. But with the 3 other variations of the DS, Nintendo has worked out most of the kinks. And now, they reveal that their next DS will have stereoscopic 3d without the need for dorky glasses, and graphics on par with the freaking Gamecube. What could make it more awesome????? Only that Mr. T game that was supposed to come out like a year ago.

I'm not at all deterred by the $300 price tag(okay, maybe a little). I'll just save up that much more. I just have to think. Do I wanna hold off on getting that '74 Camaro SS for a little while longer, or not have the most awesome thing to ever happen to gaming? I'd like both, but I'm not a money tree! I do have one in my backyard though, but it's Fall. All the leaves are gone

Buy the 3ds. I predict that Nintendo stock will go up even more than it did when the Wii came out, and it went from $8 to $74.